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REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN SNOW
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
AROUND 50. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 50S.
TODAY AND TONIGHT…
CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS.
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…
A STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Winter-like weather could create a few driving hassles over northwestern North Dakota in the next few days, but it’s a welcome nuisance for the dangerously dry conditions.
National Weather Service meteorologist Nathan Heinert says some areas in the northern part of the state could see 3 to 5 inches of snow in the next day or two. Another system is expected to roll through southern North Dakota Wednesday, and more precipitation is expected after that.
Heinert says the moisture is needed and the sooner the vegetation turns green, the better.
Snow and ice covered roads prompted the state Department of Transportation on Monday issued a travel alert for the Williston, Watford City, Stanley, Crosby and New Town areas.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple last week declared a state fire emergency.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Rural Fire Department responded to a grass fire at about 3:05 p.m. Friday at 2677 85th Avenue, Southwest nine miles north of Jamestown.
A fire intended to burn trash and debris at the home of Pat and Lauren Yatskis had gotten out of control and burned grass on the south side of the home and along a pasture just south of the residence.
The fire burned to the south and west of the house blackening less than one acre.
Rural Fire Chief Rick Woehl says closely-cut lawn grass around Yatskis’ house slowed the fire from spreading toward the home.
Woehl and five other members of the rural fire department fought the fire.
The Rural Fire Department cautions people against burning trash or other debris during the current dry conditions.
Eight firefighters snd three rural fire units responded to a fire about two miles north of Eldridge at about 1:10 p.m. Sunday.
A controlled burn of trash spread to an chicken coop, which was destroyed. Maulding.
Tolna (CSi) State Water Commission workers, last week began repairs on the Tolna Dam.
The dam was on the verge of breaching on March 13th when water began rushing into a five-foot hole that developed on the top of the spillway.
Nelson County Commissioner Odell Flaagan says less concrete eroded than originally thought.
Engineers believe the dam can be repaired in six weeks.
The project is affecting efforts to remove flood water from Devils Lake. The east end outlet can’t be turned on until the downstream dam is repaired.
Jamestown (CSi) The Daily Bread program in Jamestown will supply 22 people over the age of 60 in need of food assistance, with 60 pounds of food per applicant on Tuesday, through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
The food is designated for March applicants.
Board member and Ave Maria Village Deacon Tom Geffre, says applicants who apply for food through the CSFP, a federally-funded program through the Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo, could be eligible to receive a box of shelf-stable foods every other month to successful applicants 60 years and older who have a limited income.
The first shipment of food for the program will be arriving at the Salvation Army on Tuesday morning.
The Daily Bread program has supplied food to individuals in need by retrieving unserved food from a variety of sources.
Those include, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, the University of Jamestown and several local restaurants, as the frozen food is redistributed to different locations for anybody to take.
Daily Bread has freezers at several schools, the James River Senior/Community Center and at Ave Maria Village.
Food is also distributed through the Jamestown’s Salvation Army and Community Action Region VI.
The Great Plains Food Bank is now taking applications, for the June distribution, which can be picked up at the James River Senior/Community Center, the Gardenette or from Jamestown area pastors.
Food items that successful applicants receive through CSFP include cereal, canned vegetables, peanut butter, canned fruit, shelf-stable milk, canned meat, cheese and fruit juice.
The Salvation Army food pantry is also available Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information regarding the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, contact Tom Geffre at 252-5660 or Cathy Herbold at the Great Plains Food Bank at (701) 476-9112.
For an appointment to participate in the Jamestown Salvation Army’s food bank, contact Lt. Mitch Brecto at 252-0290.
For more information on the James River Senior/Community Center Meals on Wheels program, contact Laurie McGuire at 252-2882.
Jamestown (CSi) The Miss North Dakota United States Organization is pleased to announce that on March 22nd, 2015, Mara LeFevre was awarded the title of Miss Jr. Teen North Dakota United States. Mara is in the 9th grade and attends Jamestown High School. She is involved in golf, soccer, and band. She is a volunteer at the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown. Her pageant platform is to, “encourage children with disabilities, to gain possibilities.”
The Miss United States Organization can trace its roots back to 1937 when the first title of Miss United States was awarded to Miss California. Today, the Miss United States Organization (MUSO) holds pageants for four different age levels: Miss Jr. Teen, Miss Teen, Miss, and Ms. Mara is honored to represent teens such as herself and to visit our nation’s capital when she and the other state title holders will represent North Dakota at the MUSO national pageant in Washington D.C. in July, 2015. She will receive the opportunity to be a role model and spokesperson for girls and women across North Dakota for the coming year.
Ladies ages 13-39 years of age, who are interested in the Miss North Dakota United States organization should visit
www.northdakotaunitedstatespageant.com
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota police say there is no foul play suspected in the death of 22-year-old student found dead at a home near campus.
Alex Davis, of West Saint Paul, Minnesota, was found unresponsive at about 9 a.m. Saturday and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Police say an autopsy was done Sunday but they may wait a few days to release details on a cause of death.
Davis was a UND student majoring in visual arts.
Police say an investigation is ongoing and there is no safety concern to the community.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man originally charged with assault to commit murder plans to plead guilty to a pair of lesser charges.
Francis Reed, of Fort Yates, says he will plead guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge.
The assault took place on Sept. 10, 2014. Authorities say Reed attacked another man with a knife on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
A change of plea hearing is scheduled Monday in Bismarck.
A federal public defender for Reed could not be reached for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man who led police on an hour-long chase from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to Bismarck last month is facing additional federal charges.
Authorities say William Schneider fled after he was pulled over by Bureau of Indian Affairs officers on March 3 near Fort Yates. One of the officers was allegedly hurt after he tried to stop Schneider from driving away.
Court documents show that Schneider drove as fast as 95 mph during the chase and ordered a passenger to throw out a bag of drugs and a firearm.
Schneider was originally charged with assault of a federal officer and felon in possession of a firearm. An updated indictment also charges him with felony fleeing and eluding, and false statements.
A public defender could not be reached for comment.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A 68-year-old truck driver arrested at a border crossing between North Dakota and Canada on allegations he possessed child pornography has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Garold Miller, of Bridger, Montana, is charged with three counts of transportation of materials containing child pornography. He faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
Court documents show that inspectors searched Miller’s truck on July 15 at the Pembina border station and found electronic devices that allegedly contained about 26,000 still images and more than 800 videos of child pornography.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 18.
A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man who was sent to prison for breaking into a Spirit Lake Indian Reservation post office is scheduled be sentenced for failing to continue his sentence at a halfway house.
Robert Redroad Jr., of St. Michael, is charged with escape from custody. Federal authorities say Redroad failed to show up at the Lake Region Law Enforcement Center in Devils Lake in October after he was released from a federal prison in West Virginia.
Redroad was sentenced in April 2013 to 30 months in prison on charges of burglary of a post office and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Authorities say he stole a U.S Treasury check from the post office in Tokio.
Sentencing is scheduled Monday in Bismarck.
A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.
HASTINGS, N.D. (AP) – A church that has served the southeastern North Dakota community of Hastings for more than a century is closing. A declining congregation is prompting Spring Creek Lutheran Church to shut down after 116 years. The final worship service is scheduled for Sunday, June 28th. Pastor Marcia Hegna will continue leading First Lutheran Church in nearby Litchville.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Democratic Senator Richard Marcellais has been donning his orange blazer and matching loafers to bring attention to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Marcellais is a Vietnam veteran from Belcourt. He says there are about 15,000 other Vietnam veterans living in North Dakota, and many of them may have been exposed to the jungle defoliant.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Senate is slated to vote on a bill Monday that would prohibit the governor from appointing a successor to a vacant North Dakota congressional seat.
Republican Rep. Roscoe Streyle introduced the bill, which is response to a rumored gubernatorial bid next year by popular freshman Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
She’s been mum on the subject.
The House passed the so-called Heitkamp bill in February and passed it on to the Senate.
Streyle says the goal is to allow voters to choose the successor instead of the governor.
North Dakota law already requires a special election if the state’s lone U.S. House seat is vacated.
Heitkamp is the only Democrat holding a statewide office in North Dakota. She unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2000.
MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) – A 106-year-old woman has made a name for herself as the go-to quilt maker in Mapleton.
Myrtle Farrell has been making and selling quilts for decades. She cuts, stitches and assembles baby quilts every day. Each finished quilt also is tagged with her name before it’s sold.
Farrell was born in Fargo when Teddy Roosevelt was president and has lived in Cass County her entire life.
She grew up on a small farm that her parents rented. Her friend, Jean Madsen, surmises that’s why Farrell feels the need to be productive.
Farrell estimates she has made 300 quilts in the past three years.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials are ramping up the state’s tourism campaign ahead of the summer travel season.
The state’s annual effort to attract visitors is in full swing because it’s around this time of the year that many people start planning their summer vacations.
The North Dakota Legendary tourism brand was established in 2002 to increase awareness of what the state has to offer.
Tourism Division Director Sara Otte Coleman says the top attraction is Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Coleman says the division has been working with local communities, including those in the oil patch, to make sure they have visitor information readily available.
She estimates that for every dollar the state spent on the Legendary campaign in 2014, the state got nearly $100 back in visitor spending.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Officials in Minot want more information regarding a proposed low-income housing complex before they approve the project.
The proposed project would be located next to Erik Ramstad Middle School and would involve 35-unit and 39-unit apartment buildings. Developers want to kick off the project this summer.
Officials with the Minot Planning Commission say they’re concerned about approving the project without seeing a detailed site plan.
Bakken Development Group has submitted the rezoning request for the project. The property currently is zoned for planned residential, and the existing plan calls for townhouses. The requested zoning would allow for medium density development.
Commissioner Travis Zablotney says the commission really needs to consider whether an apartment building is the right development to be next to a school.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Army Corps of Engineers is holding public meetings on Missouri River conditions and operations in the two state capitals in the Dakotas on Tuesday.
The meeting in Pierre is at 11 a.m. in the Capitol Lake Visitor Center. The meeting in Bismarck is at 6 p.m. in the Bismarck Event Center.
The meetings are among five being held this week throughout the Missouri River basin. Corps officials will detail plans for managing the river system this year, and answer questions from the public.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Dakota Zoo is welcoming its latest addition with the surprise birth of a camel last month. Officials say a passerby alerted staff members that something seemed to be happening with the 17-year-old camel named Sadie. The zoo’s assistant director soon discovered the camel was giving birth. The zoo says the baby has been staying close to its mother.
In sports…
Blue Jay Softball @ Devils Lake (Monday) has been POSTPONED.
No Makeup Date Has Been Announced.
The following Blue Jay Athletics have been POSTPONED for Tuesday, April 7th:
Girls Fastpitch Softball vs. TMCHS – POSTPONED (Make-up TBD)
Girls Soccer vs. Minot – POSTPONED (Make-up TBD)
College Baseball….
Friday Games in Valley City
GM1: Jamestown 5, VCSU 3
GM2: Jamestown 13, VCSU 11
Saturday Games in Valley City.
GM1: VCSU 4, Jamestown 1 (Alan Sandoval pitches 1-hitter, retires 19 in a row to end
game)
GM2: VCSU 3, Jamestown 2 (Jake Rambow walk-off single in bottom 7)
VCSU is now 20-17 overall and 4-4 in the North Star Athletic Association.
Jamestown is now 13-13 overall and 4-4 in the North Star Athletic Association.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials say the deaths of hundreds of geese at Nelson Lake in March were likely caused by a disease that spreads in areas where waterfowl congregate in last numbers.
Wildlife veterinarian Dan Grove says the 600 waterfowl, primarily mallards and Canada geese, died as the result of avian cholera.
Grove says the birds were tested for multiple diseases and came back negative for avian influenza.
A midwinter survey had counted about 23,000 mallards and nearly 31,000 geese on Nelson Lake, which serves as the outflow for the Minnkota Power Plant and has open water all year.
Grove says dead birds on the lake have been reported at some degree over the last several years.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 3 Chi Cubs 0
DETROIT (AP) – Phil Hughes takes the mound today as the Minnesota Twins open the regular season in Detroit. The Twins are hoping to bounce back after finishing the 2014 campaign with a 70-92 record. Left-hander David Price is scheduled to start for the Tigers.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Houston 115 Oklahoma City 112
Final Cleveland 99 Chicago 94
Final Indiana 112 Miami 89
Final San Antonio 107 Golden State 92
Final New York 101 Philadelphia 91
Final Utah 101 Sacramento 95
Final L-A Clippers 106 L-A Lakers 78
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 1
Final Montreal 4 Florida 1
Final Washington 2 Detroit 1
Final 2OT Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 (SO Toronto 2-1)
Final St. Louis 2 Chicago 1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Tuesday’s NCAA women’s basketball championship game will be a rematch of last year’s, with Connecticut taking on Notre Dame.
The Huskies remain on target for their third consecutive championship after Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and Morgan Tuck added 24 to lead an 81-58 rout over Maryland. The Terrapins trailed by six until Tuck scored the last five points of the first half. UConn led by double digits the rest of the way.
In the first game, the Irish went more than seven minutes without a point before Madison Cable hit her only basket of the game to lift Notre Dame past South Carolina 66-65. The Irish saw a 12-point lead become a 1-point deficit during the scoring drought before Cable’s bucket in the final minute.
All-American Jewell Loyd scored a team-high 22 points for Notre Dame.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Duke and Wisconsin are preparing for tonight’s NCAA men’s championship game in Indianapolis. The Blue Devils topped Michigan State on Saturday to move within one win of coach Mike Krzyzewski’s fifth national title. The Badgers defeated then-unbeaten Kentucky in its semifinal for a chance at the school’s first championship since 1941.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison has apologized for directing an obscenity and a racial slur at Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky during a postgame news conference at the Final Four. The comments came following Saturday’s 71-64 loss to the Badgers. Harrison said the two of them had a “good conversation” and he wished Kaminsky good luck in today’s championship game against Duke.
MLB…
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The San Diego Padres have acquired All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel and outfielder Melvin Upton from the Atlanta Braves for Carlos Quentin and Cameron Maybin, two minor leaguers and a draft pick. Kimbrel led the NL for the second-straight year with 47 saves in 2014 after saving 50 games in 2013. Upton is the younger brother of Justin Upton, who was obtained by San Diego as part of the team’s dramatic makeover in December.
Golf…
HOUSTON (AP) – J.B. Holmes beat Jordan Spieth (speeth) and Johnson Wagner in a playoff to win the Houston Open. Holmes opened with five straight birdies and nine in his first 12 holes en route to an 8-under 64 before parring the second extra hole. He was 16-under in his fourth career PGA victory.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) – Brittany Lincicome (LIHN’-seh-kuhm) eagled 18 and parred the third extra hole to complete her comeback in the ANA Inspiration, the first LPGA major of the year. Lincicome closed with a 3-under 69 for a 9-under total in her sixth LPGA victory.
Lewis had three chances to win before missing three birdie putts on 18, two coming in the playoff.
In world and national news…
BOSTON (AP) – It’s a final chance to make up the minds of jurors — or change them — as closing statements are set to begin today in the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv). The defense is expected to continue its portrayal of Tsarnaev as a man under the domineering influence of his radicalized older brother. Prosecutors will likely remind jurors of the brutality of the attack and the deaths and injuries.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Kenya is responding militarily to the university attack by al-Shabab militants who killed 148 people in Garissa. Officials say Kenyan warplanes attacked positions of the al-Shabab militant group in Somalia yesterday afternoon and early this morning. Officials say the strikes are also part of continuing operations against the extremists. Kenya’s president has vowed harsh measures against al-Shabab.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (por-oh-SHEHN’-koh) now says he won’t stand in the way if a parliamentary special commission recommends a referendum that could give more powers to the eastern regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare. The about-face comes as conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government troops in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 6,000 lives.
HONG KONG (AP) – Astonishing growth over the past 10 years is causing growing pains for Asia’s aviation industry, which has been hit in the past year by disasters, the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane and financial turbulence. A U.N. agency’s warning about airline safety in Thailand, pilot shortages, and shortcomings in air traffic control systems and airport infrastructure have also emerged.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Tropical storms have battered parts of Bangladesh, especially in the north. Officials say 36 people have been killed and scores injured. A newspaper reports at least 20 people died in the northern district of Bogra while five people died in Dhaka and the rest in other northern areas as well as in the southwest of the country from the separate storms.
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